Do you know of Kingwood ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Kingwood. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Kingwood.<1>

We found mention of Kingwood as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Colquitt County, Georgia.

Communities Also Named Kingwood ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Kingwood.

Within Georgia, the name Kingwood is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Shelby County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Kingwood [Shelby County].
- Arkansas
  - Pulaski County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Kingwood [Pulaski County].
- New Jersey
  - Hunterdon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Kingwood [Hunterdon County].
- North Carolina
  - Mecklenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Kingwood [Mecklenburg County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Kingwood.
- Oregon
  - Polk County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Kingwood [Polk County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Cumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Kingwood [Cumberland County].
  - Somerset County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Kingwood [Somerset County].
- Texas
  - Harris County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kingwood [Harris County].
- Virginia
  - Prince George County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Kingwood [Prince George County].
- West Virginia
  - Preston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Kingwood [Preston County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kingwood ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Kingwood:

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1999
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Kingwood.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 13/43752 (Place Name: Kingwood)

County: Colquitt (FIPS State/County: 13/071)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Kingwood) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in Colquitt County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Colquitt County.

Aberdeen	Hempstead
	Herring
Barber	Horkan
Bohrman
	Ladson
Conoly	Lawson
Cooper	Liberty
Cordova
	Mauzy
Debbie	May
Demotte
Dot	Obe

East Moultrie	Pinopolis
Elm
English	Randel
	Rothersay
Felix
	Silar
Greenfield
Guest	Touchton
	Truett

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Kingwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.